Bill Plympton Quotes
I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
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I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
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Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
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In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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There are few women in America that don't want to lose 5 pounds, but I refuse to let that thought dominate my life. And there are too many other real problems in the world - real obesity problems and real hunger problems - to worry that much about a few pounds that I'd like to lose.
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You'd always see a lady or a little girl sitting at a piano. I decided I wanted to play something more unexpected, so that's when I got interested in learning to play the guitar.
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While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.
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I had to jump on the tractor and do my chores. I would have just killed to be in town, to be able to Rollerblade hand-in-hand with somebody I had a crush on. I just wanted to get off the farm, to find my outlet.
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I always had confidence in my game.
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I have years of saying ideas that are not listened to. Then, weeks after, of producers finding out that I was right when some other guy comes in and says it. Sometimes I just tell my idea to my editor or to some other guy with maybe gray hair to share it, and then it's brilliant!
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.
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I don't think anybody wants to see a dour 'Star Trek' movie.
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Martin Luther King Jr. really understood the role of the churches when he said, 'The church is not meant to be the master of the state.' We don't sort of take power and grab the levers of government and impose our agenda down people's throats.
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That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings.
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The person passionate about what he or she is doing will outwork and outlast the guy motivated solely by making money.
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For the same reason we have the Brad Pitts and the George Clooneys, it's just part of human nature to idolize stereotypes.
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We are building technology to keep up with what's happening in the world. It's transforming the way people are working. We're bringing the enterprise to the world.
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I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
